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TAP Air Portugal Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Italy

TAP Air Portugal flight TP-843 had to return and make an emergency landing at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Italy, on October 17th.

The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Lisbon, Portugal, but had to turn back after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.

The plane landed safely. All one hundred and seventy-one passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.

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TAP Portugal Airlines Flight Returns to Lisbon due to Engine Problem

TAP Portugal Airlines flight TP-89 had to return and make an emergency landing in Lisbon, Portugal, on February 14th.

The Airbus A340-300 plane took off for Sao Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, Brazil, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported an engine issue.

The plane landed back safely. There were 177 passengers and 11 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.

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TAP Portugal Airlines Flight Returns to Sao Paulo after Bird Strike

TAPTAP Portugal Airlines flight TP-82 made an emergency landing in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 21st.

The Airbus A330-200 plane took off for Lisbon, Portugal, but had to turn back after a bird impacted its left engine.

The plane landed safely after burning off excess fuel. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.

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TAP Portugal Airlines Plane Returns to Mozambique

TAPTAP Portugal Airlines flight TP-282 made an emergency landing in Maputo, Mozambique, on June 23rd.

The Airbus A340-300 plane took off for Lisbon, Portugal, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines due to a technical fault.

The plane landed safely. There were 200 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.

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TAP Diverts to Paris with Air Conditioning Emergency That Sets off Warning Bell

bellA TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320-214 was en route from Lisbon, Portugal to Amsterdam when it developed a problem with the air conditioning.

Pilots made an emergency landing in Paris at Orly airport.

None of the 72 passengers was injured.

However, an online twitter post assumed that the problem was an engine fire because an engine bell was heard during radio transmissions to ATC. There was no fire.

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Tap Airbus Hydraulics Fail Luanda Angola Emergency Landing


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Contact photographer Christian Bremer

What: TAP Air Portugal Airbus A340-300 en route from Luanda Angola to Lisbon
Where: Luanda
When: Nov 16th 2011
Why: On takeoff, the plane developed a hydraulic failure.

The pilots returned to Luanda and made a safe landing. Passengers were in the air about a half hour.

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Tap Airbus Fuel Filter Stops Lisbon-Luanda Flight


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Contact photographer Markus Altmann

What: TAP Air Portugal Airbus A340-300 en route from Lisbon to Luanda
Where: Lisbon
When: Dec 6 2010
Why: En route over the airport, the crew received a fuel filter error message, and returned to Lisbon to make a safe landing. The flight circled for an hour and dumped fuel; and was back in the air on Tuesday.

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Air Portugal Airbus Engine Shut Down over Portugal


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Contact photographer Mario Aurich

What: TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330-200 en route from Lisbon Portugal to Belo Horizonte Brazil
Where: Lisbon
When: Sep 24 2010
Why: Just after takeoff, the TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330-200 suffered engine trouble. After shutting down an engine, the crew returned to Lisbon where they made a safe landing.

Passengers were provided a replacement flight.